This is really just a lucky case based on how the annotation driver works - agreed, it is confusing. It works because your properties are "protected"
I suggest you to try the same with XML or YAML mappings - you will see how it crashes badly. Marco Pivetta http://twitter.com/Ocramius http://ocramius.github.com/ On 20 February 2014 23:09, Benjamin Morel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have created a base class for several entities that share the same > properties, and I thought that it was a good use case for a > @MappedSuperclass: > > use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM; > /** > * @ORM\MappedSuperclass > */abstract class Invoiceable{ > /** > * @ORM\ManyToOne(targetEntity="Invoice") > * @ORM\JoinColumn(name="invoiceId", referencedColumnName="id") > * > * @var Invoice|null > */ > protected $invoice = null; > > /** > * @ORM\ManyToOne(targetEntity="CreditNote") > * @ORM\JoinColumn(name="creditNoteId", referencedColumnName="id") > * > * @var CreditNote|null > */ > protected $creditNote = null;} > > However, I was surprised that when removing the @MappedSuperclass annotation, > it still works as expected. > > What is the purpose of @MappedSuperclass superclass then, if it works > without? > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "doctrine-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/doctrine-user. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "doctrine-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/doctrine-user. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
